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Profile of the Canadian population by age and sex: Canada ages

Canada

  • Median age reaches all-time high
  • Fastest population gain among the oldest
  • Working-age population increasingly made up of older workers
  • Senior men gaining ground on senior women
  • Centenarians: Women outnumber men four to one
  • Canada and the G8: Younger than Europe, but older than the United States
    • Shifts in the population size of various age groups

Provinces and territories

  • East-West split in aging patterns
  • Women outnumber men in all provinces
    • Provincial/territorial highlights
    • Animated population pyramids for the provinces and territories

Sub-provincial

  • Census metropolitan areas: Victoria no longer the oldest
  • Inverse relationship between growth and aging
  • Four large urban regions: Two relatively young, two relatively old
    • Calgary-Edmonton corridor
    • Extended Golden Horseshoe
    • Montréal and adjacent region
    • Lower Mainland and southern Vancouver Island
  • Rural and small town areas
  • Suburban population aging more rapidly
  • Municipalities with the youngest median age and those with the oldest

Methodological notes

 

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